---
cited_by: []
definition: 'An ENSO meridional wind anomaly index is calculated for the region 12-2N, 160E-80W from the International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set (COADS). This region was chosen from a map of meridional wind regressed onto an index of eastern equatorial Pacific SST for the period 1950-79.'
href: https://data.globalchange.gov/gcmd_keyword/21389c4a-0d32-484a-95b9-db319a18f6ca.yaml
identifier: 21389c4a-0d32-484a-95b9-db319a18f6ca
label: EQUATORIAL PACIFIC MERIDIONAL WIND ANOMALY INDEX
parent_identifier: b887d3e5-4280-43d2-a34e-0f63ac086b6a
uri: /gcmd_keyword/21389c4a-0d32-484a-95b9-db319a18f6ca